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Help me with specific high-end build

After many months of saving and deciding I finally have enough money for my rig without worrying much on budget. It's main use will be programming, emulating and gaming. I use Virtual Machines daily, in conjunction with Visual Studio, Eclipse and whatnot. I may even start developing for 3D stuff, which I didn't have the chance yet. I also want the building to be capable of supporting several monitors. I would like 3+ for a nice panorama view in games like Skyrim or Minecraft but only if it doesn't over-blow the budget. If not I'd just buy Oculus Rift with the money or something.

My idea is to get a Intel CPU, Nvidia GPU (one or several), one fast SSD, one storage HD, fast RAM, enough PSU to support future enhancements and a case and mobo that fits the beast. 21"-24" gaming monitors in whatever number. In the whole build noise is not an issue because I'm with earphones all the time, but temperature maybe is. Budget tops at 2000€ including the monitors.

Also, despite not including it on the budget I would like recommendations on a mouse, mechanical keyboard, a 3D headphone with microphone and some cheap speakers to use when people come watch a movie.
Because I'm living in Germany my web of reference is Alternate, expensive but reliable. If any alternative is better, just tell me :)

AMD GPUs tend to have the edge for multi-monitor gaming. But Nvidia's been catching up lately, so Nvidia may be alright as long as you pick the cards with extra VRAM (their standard 2 GB is a bit low for triple-monitor gaming).

And I would probably need to get a SLI mobo, better cooling and more PSU, that's why I'm not convinced either. But I need someone to confirm it. I can build my own PC out of pieces I know would fit, but as this is a big purchase I'd rather minmax and optimize it.

For monitors I have 2 x Asus VS248H (350€) in mind, maybe getting a third one in the future or think about the Oculus Rift. Can you tune up your build a bit with i7 and a GTX 680 to round it up to ~1300€?

If you get fed up waiting for the XFX 750W, you can step up to the Corsair GS800. I'm not quite sold on the OCZ ZS 750W or the Corsair CX750. They would probably do in a pinch, but it's nice to have some margin for error when it comes to the PSU.